We're talking about Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada: a place that is not only white, but built on a history of British Empire genocide.

http://www.gov.ns.ca/abor/img/map_firstnations.jpg

Buddhism is an extremely marginal religion in Canada (see chart, below), but even more marginalized (and close to extinction) are the religions (and languages) indigenous to Canada:http://a-bas-le-ciel.blogspot.ca/2012/08/religious-identity-in-canadian-census.html

Race and racism in Canada are a big deal, but the "Asian-White dichotomy" is not the only source of tension here.

The fact that people have forgotten that Shambolic Sun is Canadian (and Halifaxian at that) is a reflection of their commercial success --but in the photograph you've selected, their roots are certainly showing.

They aren't reflective of a spectrum of American Buddhism generally --nor American Buddhism in Chicago specifically. This is Halifax we're talking about.